La Mitis is a regional county municipality in eastern Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

Canada

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 on the Gaspé peninsula

Gaspé Peninsula

The Gaspésie , or Gaspé Peninsula or the Gaspé, is a peninsula along the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, extending into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...

. Its seat is in Mont-Joli

Mont-Joli, Quebec

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 which is on the Saint Lawrence River

Saint Lawrence River

The Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...

. La Mitis is named for the Mitis River (The Mitis) which has its source in the region (at Lac Inférieur) and flows through the central part of the region before emptying into the St. Lawrence. La Mitis is part of the Bas-Saint-Laurent

Bas-Saint-Laurent

The Bas-Saint-Laurent region is located along the south shore of the lower Saint Lawrence River in Quebec.It has a population of 200,653 and a land area of 22,232.11 km² .-Subdivisions:...

 region of Quebec.

According to the 2006 Statistics Canada

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 Census:

• Population: 19,365
• % Change (2001-2006): +0.2
• Dwellings: 9,452
• Area (km².): 2,279.18 km²
• Density (persons per km².): 8.5

Municipalities

• Grand-Métis
  Grand-Métis, Quebec
  Grand-Métis is a village in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec. The village is situated where the Mitis River meets the Saint Lawrence River....
  
  
• Les Hauteurs
  Les Hauteurs, Quebec
  Les Hauteurs is a municipality in Quebec....
  
  
• Padoue
  Padoue, Quebec
  Padoue is a municipality in Quebec.-External Links :*...
  
  
• Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici
  Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici, Quebec
  Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici is a municipality in Quebec....
  
  
• Sainte-Luce
  Sainte-Luce, Quebec
  Sainte-Luce is a municipality in Quebec....
  
  
• Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski
  Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski, Quebec
  Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski is a municipality in Quebec....
  
  

Parishes

• La Rédemption
  La Rédemption, Quebec
  La Rédemption is a parish municipality in Quebec....
  
  
• Saint-Charles-Garnier
  Saint-Charles-Garnier, Quebec
  Saint-Charles-Garnier is a parish municipality in Quebec....
  
  
• Saint-Donat
  Saint-Donat, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec
  Saint-Donat is a parish municipality in La Mitis County, Quebec, Canada. It bears a name similar to the much larger Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm located in Matawinie County. As of 2006, total population of Saint-Donat was 817....
  
  
• Sainte-Flavie
  Sainte-Flavie, Quebec
  Sainte-Flavie is a parish municipality in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality of Quebec, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, about northwest of Mont-Joli. It is named after Flavia, a martyred saint....
  
  
• Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc
  Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc (Mitis), Quebec
  Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc is a small village of 300 people in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada....
  
  
• Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
  Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage, Quebec
  Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage is a parish municipality in Quebec....
  
  
• Saint-Octave-de-Métis
  Saint-Octave-de-Métis, Quebec
  Saint-Octave-de-Métis is a parish municipality in Quebec....
  
  

Unorganized territories

• Lac-à-la-Croix
• Lac-des-Eaux-Mortes